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What’s New With Jredd?

Wow, it really has been a long time since I’ve posted here and as such I felt like writing an article. After all, many of my older albums and articles are here and it feels good to be posting agian . There’s so much stuff to catch up on I am not even sure where to start.

First off, recently my soundcloud has exploded and I now have over 700 followers! I wanted to do something special for reaching that milestone and so I got in contact with a friend of mine who helps to run a podcast about oldschool video games called Retro Obscura. He agreed to interview me about my music and upcoming albums . You can check out a high quality recording of that here:

Now granted, there’s a wonderful interview of me via text on this very site. However, if you want to hear many of those things expressed live and stumbled over in voice chat then this is the link for you !

Secondly, some people have urged me to get a bandcamp and so I thought “Why not?” and I put a free album of my best Sega Genesis music up there with an option to donate if you so choose. You can find those songs here . http://trevinhughes.bandcamp.com/releases

Finally, the most exciting development to have happened to me recently is that I got picked by a chiptune net label bassed out of Tokyo Japan called “Cheapbeats” They helped to produce my latest album by mastering it in a studio and finding an amazing artist for my cover. It’s called “The Next Level” and you can pick that up here! http://cheapbeatsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-next-level

Now this one is special because you have the option of a digital download of it for 6 bucks, or if you are really big on collecting you can opt to buy a real CD of it for 10. It comes with extra album art and is a cool addition to any music CD collection (In my opinion)!

I know this all comes off as self promoting, but really I am just more excited than anything. I want to take this opportunity to thank NoiChan for everything they have done for me. Without the experience I gained here, I don’t know if I could have had the confidence to post with such enthusiasm other places. Even if nobody spends penny it really isn’t about that. It’s about the fact that people appreciate me and my silly hobbies to the point where people have actually sent me a little bit of money for doing what I love. That’s insane.

Before I write anymore, I figure I’ll just cut myself short by saying:

This is my first album, released 10th of January on BleepLove. It’s a free downloadable album featuring 12 bitpop tracks in classic Laffe style, also including collaborations with CHICKENANDROFLS, Lukas Eriksson and remedmatika.

Big thanks to BleepLove, to the other artists featured on this album, to Damnthatsmatt for making the cover art, and to everyone who’s been supporting me in any way. I really appreciate all the love and support. And of course; thanks for listening! Enjoy if you can!

The 8081 net label has released a Monster Tale tribute album featuring many talented chiptune artists such as myself, Kart Maze, Laffe The Fox, and many more! All the songs are great, and I am happy to be a part of it. Check it out, and spread the word!

After 4 months of work my new single “Something New” is finally ready and released. It’s been one of the most challenging songs I’ve ever worked on and I’ve utilized every bit of my inspiration and experience to do this right.

Also be sure to check out the first music video for this album, I had a lot of fun with it:

And don’t forget to unite!

“My ideal would be a condition in which all natural resources
would be forever free to all, and the worker
individually able to produce for himself
sufficient for all his vital needs, if he so chose,
so that he needs not govern his working or not working
by the times and seasons of his fellows.

I think that time may come;
but it will only be through the development
of the modes of production
and the taste of the people.

We at TWG have a certain love for the experimental. So it was with the most enthusiastic of handshakes that we welcomed ‘Imprints’ and its creator, Styles Munson aka Guardia, aboard the S.S. T.W.G for an extremely versatile chunk of defining chiptune with all the markings of a scene classic.

‘Imprints’ has been three years in the making, and it really shows. Melding the progjazz meanderings of Zan-Zan-Zawa-Veia with accessible and hook laden motifs, hip-hop beats and cursory mastering of almost every genre under the sun, Guardia’s 10 track opus is full of jaw-dropping moments. From the trip-hop 5/4 swagger of ‘God Guard’ to the tropical meanderings of ‘Particu’, the driving beats of ‘Shako’ to the subtle and soft ebb of ‘Globetrotter’, every second of ‘Imprints’ is nothing short of astonishingly eclectic, emotional and ingenious.

Melding on the most part elements of pop, jazz, hip-hop, downtempo and a healthy serving of experimental thinking, Styles creates a lavish soundscape wherein every track works as a singular entity and also as a complete package; a set of tracks so strong each could individually be a single but as a whole they form a cohesive slab of vibrant, ground-breaking and breath-taking chiptune.

Stylistically unique, undeniably fresh, and magnificently ambitious, we here at TWG are incredibly proud to present what could quite possibly be the release of the year. Immerse yourself and submit~~~

Celebrating 4 Years of I/O Chip Music all month long with the kickoff show! With the long overdue return of Chipocrite and I/O debuts of Danimal Cannon, Sea64, and Dain Saint–with the effusive Batsly Adams on visuals! RSVP for discounted entry!

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Chipocritehttp://www.chipocrite.com/Chipocrite uses original Nintendo Game Boys, often accompanied by bass, guitar and/or other lo-fi sequencers, to create complex audio masterpieces.

Since emerging from the Philadelphia chip scene just a few years ago, Chipocrite has taken the stage at numerous performance spaces, events and conventions, including Lebowski Fest, the Vans Warped Tour, Blip Festival, MAGFest and AnimeNEXT. His album “Hit and Run” was named “Best Album – Chiptune” in Square Enix Music Online’s Annual Game Music Awards for 2011; appeared as the musical guest on popular tech-centric Web talk-show series “On The Verge”.

Danimal Cannonhttp://danimalcannon.com/In the year 2005 Danimal Cannon started his musical journey with the band Armcannon. Dan started playing bass with Mike Willard, brother of Danimal Cannon in a side project called Weaponex. Danimal played his first show with the band Metroid Metal. After performing at MAGfest and PAX several times, Danimal Cannon began to gain an interest in the live chiptune scene. At the end of 2011, he finally released his chiptune full length album entitled “Roots”. Danimal Cannon was relaxing on a bright fall day when…

Sea64http://sea64.com/sea64 is a nyc based duo that is a musical combination of rave/party and punk. They create music on a commodore64 along with various other vintage instruments. Besides their nov 2012 release “Floating High”.They are also on the 8bit operators Devo Tribute album “Crack That Chip!”

Dain Sainthttp://dainsaint.com/It started out small.I was wheeling crates of building around, looking for a home. What I found was an abandoned lot with a 1000ft spool of stiff steel wire.If you replace every part of a boat, is it the same boat?We’ve been training to save the world since we were kids.Suit up. time to fight.

On July 6th in 2012 TWG opened its doors with ‘Ragged Smile’ by Starpilot. Mixing elements of psychedelic rock, progressive experimentalism and post-punk, Starpilot crafted a hugely infectious mix of chiptune and indie that to this day, over a year later, still stands proud as one of the greatest releases we’ve put out. It cemented TWG’s ideals in one fell swoop; chiptune experimentalism, the new and the old entwined both through instruments and stylistically.

As such, owing the great talent for both an explosive launch title and his continued moral support, it was with a great deal of bittersweet sorrow I greeted the news he’d be moving on. Following the release of ‘Yesterday’s Tomorrow’, his final collection of new material under the Starpilot moniker, I felt a tribute should be paid to his, needless to say prolific, past. A week or two later and, upon his request, we’ve curated down nearly three years, twenty releases released by multiple labels and countless compilations into a single, 17 track solidified statement and testament to the huge talent this incredible artist holds; a small example of why so many will be sad to see his absence.

Not everyone’s favourite tracks will be present, and not every release is covered, but as a manifesto of a hugely active artist this Retrospective hopefully does him proud. For the fans already; enjoy revisiting the classics along with some more hidden stuff you may not have heard before. To the first-timers; enjoy the journey in which you’re about to embark! http://thewaveformgenerators.bandcamp.com/album/twg008-a-retrospective

Chiptune’s greatest and most prolific horrorpunkster ‘+Let’s Disinfect!+’ is gracing TWG with a self-titled album, three years in the making, and his usual bouts of anthemic chippunk.

Continuing our tradition of showcasing chiptune with experimental or ‘out of the ordinary’ applications, Sean Monistat, aka +Let’s Disinfect!+, produces his most diverse album yet. Whilst tracks like ‘My Life Hurts’ and the title track delve into that familiar upbeat +LD!+ sound, this debut full-length sees an expansion of Let’s Disinfect’s repertoire, drawing on post-punk sounds on ‘Melted Ice Cream’, prog metal meanderings in ‘A Garden of Mutants’ and nods to chipthrash in ‘Buy My Lawnmower!’. This all adds up to the most diverse, effective and repeatable Let’s Disinfect release to date.

As with most releases here on TWG, ‘+Let’s Disinfect!+’ is a grower, and repeat listens will let those punk pop-lined hooks dig only deeper into the brain, until every single lyric is engraved into natural impulse. And if the adhesive motifs weren’t enough, the vibrancy of textures and styles coated with that trademark ‘less-is-more’ chip (in this case DS) programming and crowd-chanting shouts of frontman Sean leave this release in the stratosphere when comparing it to vocal/chip albums of the past. From the plodding determination of ‘Contact!’ to the ferocious outburst of the title track, Let’s Disinfect! continues to cement himself as an essential forward thinker within an often saturated scene, and an extremely talented one at that.

TWG is proud to present to you the newest work by Origami Repetika. Much like his previous efforts, ‘Into The Ether’ focuses on subtlety and melody. Esoteric phrases glide over each other whilst soft FM sounds coax ethereal atmospheres and throat-catching beauty every second. Instead of sticking to traditional song structures, ‘Into The Ether’ swoons from one euphoric high to another, forming a free flowing wash of genres, inspirations and experiences.At its very core, this release embodies understated glory, and repeat listens will leave a more bombastic and lasting impression than the previous spin. From the melancholic serenity of ‘honeyknocker meadows’ to the quiet groove of ‘love your handy hands’, from the enveloping samples and elation of ‘gaily into the ether’ to the quiet grandiloquence of ‘cure’s climax, ‘Into The Ether’ is delicate, elusive and so incredibly at home on TWG. 12 minutes of ingenuity and bliss.

Jake Allison and Strong Suit join forces to bring you the wildest craziest ride yet. Bending iNanoloop to their will, they’ve conjured pounding beats and swirling bass leads that just have to be heard to be believed. I recommend fastening your seatbelt and maybe even wearing a mouthguard prior to listening. You’ve been warned.

This album was produced over the summer of 2013 by Chad from Ottawa, Ontario. It’s a sonic exploration of different genres fused together. Effects processing, synthesizers, looping, sampling, heavily filtered vocals with simple melodic lines and thick basslines create dreamy and sometimes foreboding atmospheres.